LucasElder

“Faith, in the sense in which I am here using the word, is the art of holding on to things your reason has once accepted, in spite of your changing moods.” - C.S Lewis This quote is about faith not love, but you can see how the same logic applies. If faith is not merely to "feel" as if you believe something, why should love be merely to "feel" that you like something? In the end, faith is remembering you have reason to believe, and love is a choice about how you treat someone. Feelings are irrelevant. They are passing. They are constantly changing, and that's natural. They can indeed play a role in our decisions about relationsh

Today I want to talk about how not to write girl characters. "Oh, I know what you're going to say. You're going to say that girls shouldn't always rely on men. They should be strong and able to fight for themselves. They should be equally as smart and quick-witted as the boys. They should-" NOOOOOOOOOO!!! They should not be CONTRIVED. It's not a choice between Bella Swan or Astrid from How to Train Your Dragon. You can actually invent NEW personalities for girls. Instead there are a handful that get recycled over and over. I know, I know. "Authors can have boy characters with these problems too!" blah blah blah. This is a list of what I

Saying "it's just my style," is an excuse. It's a thought terminating cliche, which is completely meaningless and should be thrown in the trash. There are reasons we make choices. If you can't explain your reasons, you don't know what you're doing. There are rules in every type of art. Here are some examples: Drawing: color theory, composition, lighting, anatomy, perspective, etc. Writing: Grammar, structure, character development, etc. A real style either conforms to these rules or breaks them purposefully. Someone can't break rules purposefully if they don't understand them. It's obvious when an artist isn't achieving that for which they